Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562251366
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
5124638588
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,142,075
Expenses
$2,376,004
Assets
$2,889,048
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM GRAY (PRESIDENT-Current)
  • JUSTIN POWELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Jared Wiley (President-Former)

People named in this filing

  • JIM GRAY (PRESIDENT-Current)
  • JUSTIN POWELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRAD WHITE (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association consists of 16 member states (al, ar, fl, ga, hi, ky, la, ms, nc, ok, sc, tn, tx, va, wv and commonwealth of puerto rico) whose purpose is to encourage a balanced transportation system within the member states, to study various material, methods of construction and maintenance, to discuss solutions to the problems experienced within transportation facilities, to exchange ideas and evaluate programs within the aviation, highway, rail, transit and water modes of transportation, and to cooperate in every way possible with the u.s. Department of transportation, the federal highway administration, the federal aviation administration, the federal railroad administration and the federal transit administration in the consideration of transportation problems.

What it reported doing in 2025

This year's conference was held in lexington, Kentucky. The conference involved speakers related to the transportation engineering and construction industry. It also included technical sessions related to transportation infrastructure engineering, financing, planning, operations and design. The conference was hosted by Kentucky department of transportation and rotates among sashto's 16 member state departments of transportation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $201K reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.